A SECOND GONDWANAN DIPLODOCID DINOSAUR FROM THE UPPER JURASSIC TENDAGURU BEDS OF TANZANIA, EAST AFRICA

@article{Remes2007ASG,
  title={A SECOND GONDWANAN DIPLODOCID DINOSAUR FROM THE UPPER JURASSIC TENDAGURU BEDS OF TANZANIA, EAST AFRICA},
  author={Kristian Remes},
  journal={Palaeontology},
  year={2007},
  volume={50}
}
  • Kristian Remes
  • Published 1 May 2007
  • Environmental Science, Biology
  • Palaeontology
Abstract:  A new genus and species of diplodocid sauropod (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea), Australodocus bohetii, is described. The type material from the Upper Jurassic (Tithonian) Tendaguru Beds of Tanzania, East Africa, consists of two successive mid‐cervical vertebrae. These vertebrae do not show the extreme elongation of the cervical vertebrae that is diagnostic for Tornieria, and, apart from proportional differences, exhibit four autapomorphic characters not seen in other diplodocids: (1… 
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